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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What you do with your windows button on your keyboard? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 day ago by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Personally nothing but when I look at it I wonder if the big bang could actually have been a white hole.

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not according to Wikipedia (linked to initially already) nor KDE Plasma which I'm using :

[–] Baleine@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The wikipedia page you linked says otherwise.

On keyboards that lack a physical Meta key, its functionality may be invoked by other keys such as the Windows key or Macintosh's Option key.[4] However, software often provides another workaround, such as using the Alt key (which does not exist on the Knight keyboard), or using the Esc key as a prefix (e.g., in Emacs). Because of these workarounds, the need for Meta – despite being the most-used additional modifier key – was less than for other modifier keys. It is more common today to use the Windows key to emulate the Super key.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't have a physical keyboard with a Windows key to verify (gave that to a friend who need an ergonomic keyboard few weeks ago) but AFAICT xev or KDE Plasma again return meta when pressed on that key.

Also ZMK https://zmk.dev/docs/keymaps/list-of-keycodes list GUI as Meta GUI (Windows / Command / Meta) and QMK LGUI(kc) G(kc), LCMD(kc), LWIN(kc) https://docs.qmk.fm/feature_advanced_keycodes

My interpretation of "Meta key, its functionality may be invoked by other keys such as the Windows key or Macintosh’s Option key" is that the Windows key is the meta key, isn't it what it says?